Cement post and fastener.



No. 793.957. PATENTED JULY 4, 1905. 0. D; REEVB& CEMENT POST AND FASTENER.

APPLIOATION PILED APR. 20,1905.

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SPECIFICATION fe'ming part of Letters Patent Ne. '793,957, dated July 4:, 1905.

Application filed April ZO, 1905. Serial No. .258,517.

lirie it known that T, O'mnen l). ltnnvcs, ot lndianapolis eounty ot' Marion, and State of Tndiana have invented a certain new and useful Uement Post and Fasteners; and .l. do hereby declare that the 'follow ing' is a 'FulL clear, and exact description thereofi reference being' had to the accjmpanying drawings, in which like letters re'l'er to like parts.

The object of this invention isto provide in connection with a cement post a convenient means for seeuring the linewires ot wre teneing to said posts and to make said attaching' means readily detachable and to make the pest and :tence heve a smooth, sy'nmetricah and pleasing appearanee. These objeets are attained chiefly by embedding thinbles in the cement post, said thinbles enlarged at their nner ends, and inserting into them expansible spring-fusteners With their nner ends bent or widened se they will held the tastener in place. Seid 'fasteners can be readily inserted and removed.

The full nature ot' the invention will be understood 'from the accompanying d rawings and the 'following description end claims.

.Tn the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cement post provided with thimbies and with a portion of two line-wires Secured thereon. Eig. 2 is a central Vertical section through a portion of a cement post and through two thimbles, parts being broken away, the fastener being fully inserted in one thinble and partially inserted in the other. lt `ig. 3 shows the spring-fastener. Fig. i is a central *vertical section through the upper end of a poet with the thimble inserted in the upper end vertically and the line-'felice wire fastened upon the upper end ot the post. Fig. 5 is e plan 'View of the 'two sections ol? the thmble. Figs. ti 7, 8, and 9 are elevations of the outer ends of four forms of thimbles, eli diftering in the form of the opening through the thim ble.

ln moldng the cement post 10 thimblesare molded in the side at suitable distanees apart for the attachment ozl" the line-wires 11 ot the 'enee. The thimbles consist of two parte 12 and 13, which When united are inserted in the mold tor l'o''ning the post, so that the thimhle will be seated in placehorizontally and in one side oi? the post and be 'Iiiush with the surface thereot. The body 12 of the thimble is cylindrical with e positely-located notches l t in the outer end thereot te 'Form seats 'for the line-wire il ot the 'enee. The inner end ot the body of the thimble has an outwardly-extending annular 'liange 15. The cap 13 lits` over the inner end ot' the thinble-body and is eorrugated or ribhed at 16 to hold the back ot the eap smnewhat removed 'tron the inner end ot the thiinble-body and leave space at that point :tor the nngularends 20 oi' the taste'ers 21 to it and spring' into.

The tasteners 91 are made ot spring-wire and looped with the ,tree ends turned in op-posite directions treni each other at a substantially right angle to the main part of the loop. The length of the festener is such as to cause its looped end to extend slig'l'tly out beyond the thimble when the 'tastener is in place, so as to carry within said loop the line-wire.

As the posts are set in the g'round the line- Wires are stretched beside the posts substa'itially into position. Then the 'tasteners 31 are put astride the iine-wires and their spread ends pushed into the thimbles, as seen in the upper part of Fig. 2, until the bent ends 20 spring in behind. the inner ends of the body of the thinible. These will hold the line-wires in place and substantially against the 't'ence-post. A post and fenee arranged in this manner present :t-

Very neat appearanee as the outer ends of the thimbles are circular and smooth and the enter ende oi" the tasteners extend but slightly beyond the post and is small and curves closely around the line-wire. The tasteners cannot es cape, and therefore the tence-wires ere held se eurely. The outer ends ot' the fasteners have lateral movement to the limit permitted by the thimbles, as the line-wire is stretched or moved longitudinally when later-el strain is exerted on it by the movement of the line-- wire under the inlluenee of heat and cold. The 1ine-wi res of the 'ence may be readily detached from the post by inserting 'the end of pineers into the thimble about the fastener, and thus eompressi'g the inner ends of the fastejer toward each other until they can be readily withdrawn outward through the thimble. A wire may be Secured upon the upper end of the post, as shown in Fig. 4, by this means, and the form of the interior of the thimbie may be modified, as shown in the last four figures. Thus in Fig. 7 two slots at a right angle to each other are shown, so that the fastener can be inserted in either a vertical or horizontal position and will have no lateral movement when in such thimble for use in attaching line-wires to end posts. In Fig. 8 only one vertical slot is shown and will hold in the same manner as the vertical slots in Fig. 7. In Fig. 9 the thimble has a square interior.

The thimbles may be modified in form and arrangement without departing from the spirit of my invention, the nature of which is defined in the ciaims.

hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cement post provided with recesses in the surface, and fence-wire-holding means insertible in any of said recesses and adapted to spread at itsinner end to preventits escape.

2. A cement post provided with recesses in the surface thereof enlarged within the post, and fence-wire-holding means insertibie in any of said recesses and adapted to spread at its inner end to prevent its escape.

3. A cement post provided with thimbles embedded therein and enlarged within the post, and compressibie spring-fasteners insertible in said thimbies for holding the wires of the fence.

t. A cement post with thimbies embedded in the surface thereof and enlarged at their inner ends, and spring-wire-looped fasteners with their ends bent away 'from each other and when compressed insertible in the thimbies and expansibie in the enlarged portions of the thimbles.

5. A cement post provided with metailic thimbles embedded thei-ein, each thimbie consisting of a body portion extending from the outer surface of the post into the post and a cap covering the inner end of the body portion of the thimble so as to form an enlarged chamber therein, and a compressible springfastener insertible in said thimble and with its inner ends expansible in said chamber.

G. A cement post with metaliic thimbles embedded therein, each thimble formed of a body portion extending into the post and with an annnlar outwardly-extending fiange on its inner end and a cap for covering the inner end of said body portion of the thimble that surrounds said flange and has a stop to hold the back of the cap at a distance from the inner end of the body portion so as to form an eniarged chamber, and a compressible springfastener insertibie in said thimbie with its inner ends expansibie in said chamber.

T A cement post with metaHic thimbies embedded therein, and compressible fasteners insertible in said thimbles for holding the wires of a fence, the diameter of the thimbles being greater than the width of the fasteners so that a tool may be inserted in the thimbies to compress the fasteners for the removal thereof.

S. A cement post provided with thmbles embedded therein, the outer ends of the thimbles being flush with the surface of the post and the inner ends enlarged, and compressible spring-fasteners insertible in said thimbles for holding the wires of a fence.

9. A cement post provided with a recess in the surface thereof, and externaHy-extending holding means insertible in said recess and adapted to spread 'at its inner end to prevent its escape.

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of the witnesses heroin named.

ORANGE D. REEVES.

iVitnesses:

XV. H. BONHAM, N. ALLEMONG. 

